Metal Mouth Message Board

I feel you! I am only a month in and the thought of two years with these things in my mouth is a nightmare! Hang in there though, all we can do is think about how great it will be when they come off and how beautiful our smiles will be.

25 years old. I always wanted them as a teenager but my parents could not afford it. Now, I wish so bad this was done when I was a teen so I didn't have to go through it now.

How did you go with the dentist?

How are you feeling after a few weeks? I had my upper arch braced for a month before my lowers. I am not sure how I feel about it now, my lowers have just gone on and I am hating them. I felt like I had just gotten used to the top ones and started feeling normal again and BAM go and get more braces ...

How are you feeling now? I am opposite to you. My first month I only had top braces and the bottom didn't hurt at all. I have a couple of teeth now without brackets due to positioning and I try to eat with only those teeth sometimes because they are the only ones that don't hurt. Also, I have seen n...

I feel like my ortho is lying to me, like he can't really straighten my teeth. I just cannot in my wildest dreams imagine that it can be done. I have told him this and he laughs at me, tried to reassure me that he most definitely can straighten my teeth but I'm not convinced. Only time will tell.

I guess it is great that they didn't stain! I had a friend with ceramic braces who got baby blue ligs and brushed them with baking soda for a few days to turn them white and then said they never stained like the clear or white ones did...

hmm I'm not sure about the bracket placement but I felt the same when my braces went on a month ago. I only had the top ones and it was soooo strange. The bottom ones went on two days ago and I have to say it didn't feel as weird because I was already used to the top ones but it has made everything ...

Hello, I am Jess, 25 years old, married with two children. I am in my final year of university. I had traditional metal braces applied to my top arch 4 weeks ago and my bottom ones were placed two day ago. We are correcting very deep bite, upper and lower crowding. Once my teeth straighten we will b...